On 2015-08-02 06:43, Jerry Clough - OSM wrote:
A quick question: Are there any guidelines for tagging of public land survey township sections? I found a clear description of mapping civil townships for Ohio on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ohio/Boundaries/Townships, but have failed to find anything on survey townships and their sections.
Civil townships are being mapped because they correspond to actual governmental structures that have definite boundaries. Survey townships themselves don't have governments, so there's less of a case for putting them in OSM, especially where the boundary between one section and another is unclear from aerial imagery or on-the-ground observation.
In any case, if you map survey townships and sections, avoid using the boundary=administrative tag. Something like boundary=survey would be more appropriate.
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